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1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) |
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Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28 |
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Routledge studies in cultural history ; 28.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Invention of Race-Scientific and Popular Representations of Race from Linnaeus to the Ethnic Shows; The Genealogy of Race in the Eighteenth Century; The Internationalization and Institutionalization of Racial Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century; The Transcription and Exhibition of Race; Conclusion; References; Part I: The Genealogy of Race in the Eighteenth Century; 1. Biologization of Race and Racialization of the Human: Bernier, Buffon, Linnaeus; François Bernier or Race as Logic |
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Buffon: Ideal Type and DegenerationLinnaeus or the Reign of the Tetrad; Conclusion: Race-The Term and the Concept; References; 2. Cranial Varieties in the Human and Orangutan Species; Varieties of the Human Species; Stumbling Upon the "Facial Line"; Human Anatomy's Simian Sources; Ocular Integrity; Using Buffon to Correct Buffon; References; 3. The Creation of the "Negro" at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Petrus Camper, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and Julien-Joseph Virey; Aesthetic Anthropology of Difference in Petrus Camper (1722-1789) |
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From the Facial Angle to Naturalist Observations of Skulls in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840)Animalization and Corruption of the Negro in Julien-Joseph Virey (1775-1846); Conclusion; References; 4. Panel and Sequence: Classifications and Associations in Scientific Illustrations of the Human Races (1770-1830); Three Characteristics of the Period 1770-1830; Sequential Images and Discourse on Racial Hierarchy; The Role of the Panel in the Reading of Race; References; 5. Christoph Meiners' "New Science" (1747-1810); "New Science" in Meiners' Work |
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The Models for the "New Science," Avowed or OtherwiseHow Meiners was Received by his Contemporaries; All Peoples are Worthy of Study; Controversy with Blumenbach; Conclusion; References; Part II: The Internationalization and Institutionalization of Racial Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century; 6. Construction and Circulation of the Notion of "Race" in the Nineteenth Century; The Acceptance of the Notion of Race within Different Scientific Fields in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century; Notions of Race According to Michelet, Taine, and Renan |
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Gobineau or the Centrality of the Notion of RaceThe Notion of Race in the Era of Anthropology's Institutionalization; International Circulation; References; 7. "We Can't Help Laughing": Physical Anthropology in Belgium and Congo (1882-1914); Belgian Races?; Congolese Races?; Doubt; Savages on Show; Musée Du Congo; Musée Du Congo Belge; Notes; References; 8. Danish Perceptions of Race and Anthropological Science at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Introduction; Race Science and Craniometry; International Connections; Exhibitions and Anthropology; Darwin and the Survival of the Fittest Race |
| Summary |
"This edited collection explores the genesis of scientific conceptions of race and their accompanying impact on the taxonomy of human collections internationally as evidenced in ethnographic museums, world fairs, zoological gardens, international colonial exhibitions and ethnic shows. A deep epistemological change took place in Europe in this domain toward the end of the eighteenth century, producing new scientific representations of race and thereby triggering a radical transformation in the visual economy relating to race and racial representation and its inscription in the body. These practices would play defining roles in shaping public consciousness and the representation of "otherness" in modern societies. The Invention of Race provides contextualization that is often lacking in contemporary discussions on diversity, multiculturalism and race"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Race -- Social aspects
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Physical anthropology.
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Popular culture
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Race.
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Culture.
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Racial Groups
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Anthropology, Physical
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Culture
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Popular Culture
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physical anthropology.
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popular culture.
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culture note.
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race (group of people)
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culture (concept)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Race
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Culture
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Physical anthropology
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Popular culture
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Race -- Social aspects
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42.85 physical anthropology.
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Historia.
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Sociala frågor.
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Rasrelationer.
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Populärkultur.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bancel, Nicolas, editor
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David, Thomas, editor
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Thomas, Dominic Richard David, editor
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| ISBN |
9781317801177 |
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1317801172 |
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9781306708456 |
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1306708451 |
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9781315813318 |
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1315813319 |
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